Sportmanship

Man! What a Stanley Cup final! Too bad we waited until tonight to watch a game.

We grew up west of Pittsburgh by what now takes an hour or so, in eastern Ohio. When my brother and I were little, my dad would drive over to the Civic Arena to see the Penguins fight... I mean play hockey. They sucked back then, so it was relatively inexpensive to go see games. There's nothing like a live hockey game in person!

Well, the level of "sportsmanship" I've seen in recent years, in particular, really only, in baseball, majors, stinks. You remember going thru the line shaking (or swatting at) the other team's hands? In the MLB, they shake their own team's hands. Shameful! Kids look up to these sportsmen, rightly or wrongly, and what a terrible example they show.

Tonight, the Pens and Redwings skated by each other shaking hands after the game.
College football teams gather together midfield and take a knee to pray often after games.

So the hiss is out to Major League Baseball! Let the hockey and football players show what it means to be a good sport. Funny thinking how it's the violent sports that show it, eh?

Guess this is my one good thing about Minot in a round about way... HOCKEY! They love it up here. :) Maybe this next winter, we'll be downtown to catch some games. Or even better yet?!? Ohio State plays Nebraska Omaha in hockey... next winter, I'm driving to catch a game. How fun would that be?! We've seen the Buckeyes play football in Minneapolis. What's another sport to go check out? :)